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The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Couverture  de  couleur 

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Couverture  restaur6e  et/ou  pelliculde 

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Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  g^ographiques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reli^  avec  d'autres  documents 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  reliure  serree  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distortion  le  long  de  la  marge  int^rieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouties 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  6t6  film^es. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  6t6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-dtre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  mdthode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquds  ci-dessous. 


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Pages  d^tach^es 

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Comprend  du  matdriel  supplementaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
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Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
iilips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
(snsure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  6t6  film^es  i  nouveau  de  facon  i 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

Library  of  the  Public 
Archives  of  Canada 


L'exemplaire  film6  fut  reproduit  grSce  d  la 
g6n6rosit6  de: 

La  bibliothdque  des  Archives 
publiques  du  Canada 


The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Les  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —*>-( meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Les  exemplairetk  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimde  sont  film6s  en  commen9ant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film6s  en  commen9ant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — »-signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  y  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
filmds  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clich6,  il  est  filmd  d  partir 
de  Tangle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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Cleveland,  O.,  Feb.  13th,  isOG. 
To  the  Junior  Class  of  the 

Cleveland  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery: 

In    reply    to    your    communication    of    yesterday, 

requesting  the  publication  of  a  short  authobiography,' 

I  will   do  so   with   pleasure  as  soon  as  my  time  will 

permit. 

With  very  kind  regards  to  each  member  of  the 
class  of  '97,  with  the  very  best  wishes  for  the  con- 
tinued prosperity  of  the  University,  a  University 
which  is  your  prospective  and  my  Alma  Mater, 
believe  me , 

Yours  very  truly, 

H.    F.    BiGGAR. 


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AMii/roN  FisK  BiGGAR  was  born  at  Oakville,  Out., 
Canada,  March  ir,th,  1S;M).  A  history  of  his 
ancestors  may  be  found  in  a  work  entitled, 
"  Scottish  Queens,"  in  which  mention  is  made  of  Flam- 
ingus,  a  Fleming  who  flourished  in  1110,  commonly 
called  Baldwin  De  Biggar.  The  first  Biggar  recorded 
in  history.  Hugh  of  Biggar  was  his  son.  Sir 
Nicholas  de  Biggar  flourished  in  1292.  The  Lairds 
of  Biggar  held  offices  of  great  dignity  in  the  Royal 
Household  of  Scotland,  as  Lord  High  Chamberlain, 
whose  ancestral  seat  was  at  Woolmet,  four  miles  west 
ot  Edinburg,  now  the  seat  of  the  Karles  of  Wey- 
mess.  AL-ijor  Biggar,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II,  was  a 
Royal  Commissioner  to  investigate  the  charge  of  witch- 
craft against  certain  people. 

The  eiymology  of  Biggar,  according  to  the  learned 
George  Chambers,  is  to  be  traced  to  the  Scotch-Irish 
words.  Big,  vSoft  and  Thir  Land.  That  is  land  lying 
near  a  river  (as  Biggar  is  on  the  Biggar  Burn)  or  marsh 
land  or  moss. 

Another  author  says  that  Big  refers  to  a  coarse 
kind  of  barley  called  Bigg  or  Bear  and  Thir  land,  in 
Bigg  Thir  or  Barley  land.  Another  definition  is  the 
Anglo-wSaxon,  Big  or  Bige,  a  corner  of  turning,  and  that 
Bigthir  (Biggar)  was  so-called  from  the  remarkable 
bend  which  the  Clyde  takes  at  that  place. 

The  motto  of  the  Biggar  crest  is  "Giving  and 
Forgiving." 


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There  are  eighteen  different  ways  of  spelling  Big- 
gar,  as  follows : 

Bigger,     Biggair,  Bigyar,  Bigair,     iiygair,    Bigart, 
Biggart,    Biger,       Bigar,      Big.iret,  Biggar,    Bygare, 
Byger,       Beggert,  Bigre,      Begar,     Beggar,  O'Bearga. 

His  grandfather,  Robert  Biggar,  was  born  in  Dnm- 
fries,  and  educated  for  a  minister  of  the  Scottish 
Church.  He  was  married  to  Mary  Lawder  and  blest 
with  eleven  children.  After  leaving  Scotland,  Mr. 
Biggar  settled  at  Queenston,  Ont.,  Canada,  where  his 
son  Hamilton,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  personal 
sketch  was  born  in  180(5.  Later  the  family  moved  Xo 
Mt.  Pleasant,  near  Brantford.  Rev.  Hamilton  Biggar 
was  for  many  years  a  minister  of  the  Wesleyan  Meth- 
odist church,  and  married  Eliza  Phelps  Racey,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Racey,  Ksq.,  of  Brantford.  They  also  had 
a  large  family  of  ten  children,  of  which  Hamilton  Fisk 
Biggar  was  the  fourth. 

Hamilton  Fisk  Biggar,  after  attending  the  public 
schools  until  he  was  eleven  years  of  age,  became  an  ap- 
prentice to  a  merchant.  After  completing  his  appren- 
ticeship he  left  this  vocation,  entered  the  grammar 
school  at  Brantford,  and  after  two  years'  attendance, 
at  his  father's  urgent  request,  again  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits,  but  found  them  so  distasteful  that  he 
determined  to  obtain  ^  collegiate  education  to  prepare 
himself  for  a  professional  life.  He  matriculated  at  the 
University  of  Victoria,  where  he  graduated  as  Bachelor 
of  Arts  in  18G3,  and  immediateiy  began  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  John  Cameron,  Esq.,  at  Brantford. 
He  passed  his  primary  examination  in  law  at  Osgood 

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Hall,  ToroiUo.     A  year  at  law  convinced  him  that  the 
profession  of  law  was  not  in  many  respects  suited  to 
his  trend  of  mind.      He  began  the  studv  of  medicine, 
came  to  Cleveland  in  the  year  iSHt.  and  registered  as  a 
student   of  the    Homeopathic   Hospital    College,    now 
the  Cleveland   University   of  Medicine  and    Surgery. 
After  graduation  he  attended  some  of  the  leading^os- 
n-'tals  at  New  York  and  Philadeli^hia,  returned  to  Cleve- 
-  UKl  in  July,  ISGG,  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  the 
profession  in  which   he  has  gained   eminence,  and  in 
which  he  has   been  both    active  and  successful  for  a 
period  of  over  twenty-five  years. 

On  February  25  ^S70.  he  wn.:,  married  to  Miss 
Sue  Miles  Brooks,  daughter  of  Mr.  \V.  B.  Brooks  of 
Columbus.  O.  By  this  mai liage  have  been  born  four 
children:  Ra.diel  Raccy  Biggar,  Hamilton  Fisk  Biggar, 
William  Brooks  Biggar  and  Sue  Racey  Biggar. 

In  1S67  the  chair  of  Clinical  Surgery  was 
created,  which  was  quite  an  innovation  for  a  homeo- 
pathic college.  For  seven  years  Dr.  Biggar  was  Pro- 
fessor of  Anatomy  and  Clinical  Surgery,  then  for  ten 
years  of  Clinical  Surgery  with  Operations,  and  for  the 
last  eight  years  of  Surgical  Diseases  of  Women  and 
Clinical  Surgery,  in  the  Cleveland  Homeopathic  Co  - 
lege,  now  the  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 
For  many  years  he  was  Registrar  of  the  College.  '^ 

For  eleven  years  the  doctor  was  the  physician  and 
surgeon  of  the  Cleveland  Workhouse.  During  his  early 
practice  he  was  for  a  short  period  surgeon  to  the  Cleve- 
land Grays. 


For  two  consecutive  years  he  was  offered  the  chair 
of  Surgery  in  the  Homeopathic  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  Many  former  patients  now  living 
in  New  York  have  frequently  and  earnestly  solici-ed 
his  removal  there,  whose  patronr.ge  and  influence 
would  at  once  insure  a  commanding  practice.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Medical  Staff  of  the 
Huron  Street  Hospital,  and  was  honored  by  being  the 
President  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  and  Surgery, 
of  v.'hich  he  was  one  of  the  founder  members. 

Never  was  the  doctor  an  oflice  seeker.  Wlien 
nominated  for  the  Presidency  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Homeopathy  in  18S1,  at  Brighton  Beach, 
though  the  chances  for  his  election  were  excellent,  he 
declined  to  be  a  candidate  for  this  honorable  oflice, 
preferring  the  activity  of  a  useful  member  in  tlie  ranks 
than  the  attaining  of  the  highest  honor  which  the 
Institute  could  confer. 

Before  the  present  building  of  the  Huron  Street 
Hospital  was  begun,  the  control  of  Charity  Hospital 
together  with  all  clinics  was  offered  to  the  doctor 
by  the  former  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  who  was  not 
only  a  patron  but  a  very  warm  friend. 

This  magnanimous  offer  of  the  Bishop  and  Motlier 
Superior  was  reluctantly,  but  of  necessity,  dcclii^ed, 
for  unfortunately  the  existing  factions  in  the  homeo- 
pathic profession  prevented  the  securing  of  the  un- 
divided co-operation  of  the  fraternity. 

A  few  years  ago  he  was  entrusted  by  one  of  our 
multi-millionaires   with     he   formation   of  a    modern 


medical  college.  A  miliioii  dollars  was  promised  l,v 
this  generous  benefactor  and  philanthropist.  This 
seemed  to  be  the  crowning  point  of  the  doctor's  life- 
long cherished  ambition— the  organizing  and  perfect- 
mg  ot  a  model  medical  college.  The  sudden  death  of 
the  donor  without  making  any  legal  provision  for  the 
endowment  was  most  unfortunate. 

The  doctor  is  an  ICpiscopalian—a  member  of  the 
Union,  Roadside  and  Country  Clubs- a  Knight  Tem- 
plar, and  an  active  and  honorary  member  of  medical 
and  scientific  societies. 

As  a  physician  and  surgeon  he  is  widely  and  favor- 
ably known,  his  services  being  at  all  times  in  demand. 
He  has  a  lucrative  practice  and  a  distinguished  and 
wealthy  clientele. 

Dr.  Biggar's  personnel  is  commanding,  dignified 
and  unassuming.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  force  of 
character,  of  marked  kii^dness  and  sympatliy,  particu- 
larly to  the  younger  members  of  the  profession, 
always  a  warm  friend  to  the  worthy  poor,  scrupulously 
professional  to  all  and  conscientious  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  obligations  and  trusts. 

In  medical  education  he  has  always  been  an  earn- 
est worker  in  advancing  its  cause  and  very  liberal  in 
his  medical  creed— a  true  physician.  Though  a  l)usy 
man  in  his  professional  duties  he  has  been  a  constant 
writer  upon  surgical  topics.  His  brochures  have  been 
eagerly  sought  after  and  treasured  as  embodiments  of 
thoroughness  and  practical  application. 


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The  doctor  is  an  "all  round  medical  man."  The 
desperate  neglected  pelvic  and  abdominal  cases  which 
have  been  restored  to  complete  recovery,  the  successful 
Caesarean  sections,  Porro's  operations,  hysterectomies, 
ovarian  and  tubal  diseases,  and  other  major  operations 
in  general  surgery  have  been  most  gratifying. 

His  laparotomies  are  creeping  into  the  eighth  series 
of  one  hundred  each,  with  results  very  complimentary. 
He  was  the  first  surgeon  west  of  the  Eastern  cities  to 
operate  successfully  for  the  removal  of  a  uterine  fibroma 
by  abdominal  section.     In  plastic  surgery  he  has  been 
eminently  successful,  especially  in  correcting  deformi- 
ties of  the  face,  nose,  lips,  mouth,   bladder  and  pelvic 
floor,  by  methods  new  and  original.      The  doctor  has 
enjoyed  a  very  extended  clientele.     His  services  have 
been  in  demand  from  some  of  the  largest  cities  of  the 
Union.  Frequently  has  he  been  summoned  to  the  East 
and  the  West  to  care  for  obstetric  patients  or  perform 
surgical    operations.       In  the  city  of  New  York   he 
attended  in  accouchement  a  very  distinguished  patient 
— the  exultation  and  joy  of  the  happy  parents  in  the 
birth  of  a  living  babe  will  ever  be  held  ni  pleasant  re- 
membrance.   Their  unusual  exuberant  demonstrations 
of  gratitude  may  have  arisen  partly  from  the  fact  that 
Caesarean   section    was  anticipated,  for  at  a   previous 
birth,  though  attended  by  eminent  obstetricians  of  New 
York,  difficulties  presented  themselves  obstructing  the 
delivery,  which  could  be  overcome  only  by  performing 
embryotomy. 

The  success  of  the  doctor  demonstrates  the  truth 
of  the  assertion  that  a  general  practiser  assures  the  most 

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skillful  specialist.  His  work  in  every  detail  and 
minutiae  is  painstaking,  a  true  conservative,  abandoning 
the  knife  when  restoration  can  be  attained  by  other 
means  and  not  hesitating  to  resort  to  the  knife  when 
the  disease  absolutely  demands  its  use.  As  a  clinical 
instructor  his  talents  are  appreciated— his  lectures  are 
interesting,  instructive  and  refined— a  dexterous,  bril- 
liant and  skillful  operator.  The  clinic  room  during 
his  hour  for  operations  is  visited  by  the  young  and  the 
old  of  the  profession,  as  well  as  by  the  representatives 
of  the  different  medical  schools,  "for  his  surgery  is  like 
a  beautiful  poem." 

His  relationships  by  correspondence,  socially  and 
professionally,  with  the  eminent  surgeons  of  the  day, 
have  been  very  pleasant  and  complimentary. 

The  doctor  has  been  an  extensive  traveler,  having 
crossed  the  American  continent  four  times  and  made 
ten  voyages  across  the  Atlantic. 

In  1890  reformatory  measures  were  instituted  by  the 
entire  board  of  trustees  and  the  minority  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty.  The  majority  seceded  and  organ- 
ized another  college.  The  ranks  of  the  seceders  were 
filled  with  loyal  and  scholarly  instructors,  who  were 
determined  that  medical  education  should  advance- 
After  two  years  of  struggles  the  old  college  was  v.. y 
successful  in  the  completion  of  a  new,  handsome  and 
commodious  college  building.  The  task  was  arduous 
and  the  difficulties  almost  insurmountable.  In  1890 
the  entire  classes  numbered  only  thirty-eight,  but  they 
were   true  and    loyal    students.     At   the   end  of  the 


fifth  3'ear,  datino^  from  the  beginning  of  the  intro- 
diictiou  of  the  reformatory  measures,  the  old  college, 
now  the  Cleveland  Jniversity  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, had  registered  o!ie  hundred  and  seventy-six 
students— the  largest  classes  in  actual  attendance  of 
any  of  the  four  medical  colleges  in  Cleveland.  The 
results  exceeded  the  most  sanguine  expectations  of 
the  alumni  and  friends  of  the  university,  for  it  is  now 
one  of  the  honored  and  most  successful  of  medical 
colleges. 

Never  has  the  doctor  opposed  the  uimou  upon  a 
proper  and  just  basis  of  the  two  homeopathic  medical 
colleges  in  Cleveland. 

Through  the  doctor's  assistance  in  1868  the  doors  of 
the  college  were  thrown  open  for  the  admission  of 
women-the  first  medical  college  to  adopt  co-education. 

It  is  a  part  of  history  that  in  1874  differences 
arose  ni  the  faculty  from  jealousies  which  necessi- 
tated an  nivestigation  by  the  I^oard  of  Trustees  The 
committee  reported  :  "At  the  close  of  this  long  in- 
vestigation your  committee  take  pleasure  in  saving^that 
they  have  found  nothing  derogatory  to  the  charac^ter  of 
Professor  H.  F.  liiggar.  either  as  a  gentleman,  a  skill- 
ful physician  and  surgeon,  or  as  an  honored  professor  in 
our  college." 

In  18!)2  his  Ali;,a  Mater  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  M.  A.,  and  in  1893,  I.L.  D.  The  following 
IS  a  part  of  the  letter  of  the  Chancellors  informing  him 
of  the  honor  conferred  :  "  I  have  great  pleasure  in  stat- 
ing to  you  that  our  vSenate  un.niimonslv  tendered  vou 


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the  degree  of  LL.  D.,  in  recognition  of  your  professional 
abilities,  high  social  and  literar}-  standing,  and  as  a 
mark  of  onr  appreciation  of  your  attachment  and  loyalty 
to  your  Ahiia  Mater." 

In  l'S!*4,  serious  charges  were  preferred  by  several 
members  of  the  faculty  of  the  Cleveland  University  of 
Medicine  aiuj  Surgery,  agahist  one  of  the  professors. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  appointed  a  committee  to  in- 
vestigate the  complaints.  As  chairman  of  the  I^^xecutive 
Connnittee,  the  Trustees  delegated  the  doctor  to  pre- 
sent these  accusations.  After  a  long  and  thorough  in- 
vestigation, the  report  of  the  Committee  sustained  the 
more  serious  and  major  number  of  tlie  charges,  and 
commended  the  action  of  the  chairman  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  for  tlie  faithful  and  impartial  perform- 
ance of  his  official  trusts. 

The  ouce  flourishing  Round  Table  Club  and  the 
successful  Training  School  for  Nurses  and  the 
organizing  of  the  Maternity  Home,  are  largely  the 
results  of  his  energies.  The  doctor  was,  for  ten  years, 
Dean  of  the  Training  School  for  Nurses  of  the  Huron 
Street  Hospital-  The  following  was  received  by  the 
doctor  upon  his  resign? tion  as  Dean: 

Cleveland,  O.,  March  14,  1895. 
Dear  Dr.  Bigoay.- — 

I  am  instrr.cicd  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Huron  Street  Hospital,  to  express 
the  deep  regret  which  the  committee  feel  in  accepting 
your  resignation  as  Dean  of  the  Training  School  lor 
Nurses. 

Your  resignation  is  only  considered  because  we 
understand  that  you  wi.sh  it  to  be  final, — but  we  most 

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earnestly  hope  that  you  will  not  withdraw  your  interest 
and  that  you  will  continue  to  lecture. 

We  feel  that  the  success  of  the  school  is  due  in  a 
great  measure  to  you  and  to  your  exertions  in  its  behalf 

thou'' hi  °"^^'  ^'"'^  ^^'""^  ^'°"  '^'^^  '^'^^  ^'''^  '^  ^"""^  '''"^ 
With  kind  regards,  I  have  the  honor  to  be, 
Yours  most  sincerely, 

lyAURA    W.    Hirj^IARD. 
Sec.  Executive  Committee  of  the  Huron  St.  Hospital, 


June  28,  1895,  the  doctor  severed  his  connection 
with  the  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Universitv  and  also 
the  Board  of  Censors,  had  the  following  resolutions 
prepared  and  sent  to  the  doctor : 

Cleveland,  O.,  Nov.  22d,  1895. 
H.  F.  BiGGAR,  M.  D.,  1,1,.  D. 

Dear  Doctor  :~For  many  years  as  officers  and 
members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Cleveland 
University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  we  have  closely 
observed  your  relationship  and  connection  with  the 
University  in  the  trusts  confided  in  you,  either  as  an 
officer  or  instructor  of  the  faculty. 

Bv  your  earnest  zeal  and  untiring  energy  for  the 
success  of  the  University  you  have  contributed  with 
great  ability  and  learning  toward  the  advancement  of 

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medical  education,  especially  in  the  introduction  of 
proper  methods  of  examination  and  lectures  which 
have  incited  and  prompted  higher  teachings. 

You  have  at  all  times  proved  yourself  a  faithful 
and  loving  son  of  your  Alma  Mater,  during  trying 
epochs  when  the  university  was  assailed  by  jealous 
factions  and  enemies,  and  its  overthrow  severely 
threatened. 

By  your  heroic  efforts,  indomitable  will,  upright 
and  just  counsels,  and  by  your  generous  donations  and 
advances  of  moneys,  you  have  averted  the  impending 
exterminations. 

We  desire  to  express  to  you  our  appreciation  and 
recognition  of  the  benefits  derived  by  the  university  as 
a  true  and  honored  friend,  who,  at  all  times  was  de- 
voted conscientiously  to  the  faithful  performance  of 
every  official  and  professional  duty. 

We  tender  you  our  sincere  thanks  and  assure  you 
of  our  high  esteem  of  your  manly  efforts  and  pains- 
taking industry  in  behalf  of  the  university  and  express 
to  you  the  hope  that  you  may  continue  in  the  future, 
to  achieve  those  successes  in  the  profession  for  which 
you  are  so  eminently  qualified. 

..      (Sjgned:)     Geo.  H.  Warmington,  President;  G. 
M.  Barber,  Vice-President ;  P.  M.  Spencer,  Treasurer ; 
W.  H.  Burndge,  ex-Secretary ;  Wm.  Edwards,  C.  H 
Buckley,  R.  D.  Willard,  John  C.  Sanders,  ex-dea?i,  W. 
B.  Sanders. 


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Clrvfj.and,  O.,  Dec.  23d,  1S05. 
H.  F.  BiGGAR,  M.  A.,  M.  D.,  hh-  D., 
Dear  Doctor: — 

"We,   the  undersigned  members  of  the  Board  of 
Censors  of  the  Cleveland  University  of  Medicine  and 
Surgery,  take  this  opportunity  of  expressing  our  ap- 
proval of  the  action  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
university  as  mentioned  in  their  published  resolutions 
of  esteem  and  appreciation  of  Dr.  H.  F.   Biggar.     We 
greatly  deplore  the  fact  that  Dr.   Biggar  has  severed 
his  connection  with  the  University.     We  believe  that 
the  prosperity  and  high  position  that  the  University 
now  occupies  is  largely  due  to  his  untiring  energy  and 
increasing  labor.     His  constant  aim  to  elevate  the  sci- 
ence of  medicine  has  had  its  beneficial  influence.     We 
hereby  express  our  thanks  for  his  aid  in  the  introduc- 
tion   and   maintenance    of  methods    which   tend  to  a 
higher  standard  of  medical  teaching:    R.  B.  Rush,  M. 
D.    (chairman),  Salem;  M.    C.  Terry,   M.   D.,  Utica, 
N.   Y.;    H.    C.    Frost,   M.  D.,    Buffalo,  N.    Y.;    B.    L- 
Cleveland,  M.  D.,  Flint,  Mich.;   R.  B.  Johnson,  M.  D., 
Ravenna;    Julia   C.    Jump,    M.  D.,    Oberlin ;    W.  P. 
Bennett,  M.  D.,  Crestline  ;    H.  A.  Sherwood,   M.  D., 
Warren;     A.     Gleason,     M.     D.,     Cleveland;    Jacob 
Schneider,    M.  D.,    Cleveland ;  Kate  Parsons,   M.   D., 
Cleveland;  E-  G.  Rust,  M.  D.,  New  York  city;  W. 
H.  Thompson,  M.  D.,    Cleveland;    W.  B.   Carpenter, 
M.  D.,    Columbus;  E.  J.  Wunderlich,    M.  D.,  Cleve- 
land; F.   W.    Burlingame,    M.  D.,    McKeesport,    Pa.; 
O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.,  Warren  ;  C  L-  Gangloff,  M.  D., 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  N.  J.  Burnham,  M.  D.,  Denver,  Col. 

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An  Alumnus  writes  : 

"  I  deem  it  a  great  loss  to  the  University  that  you 
should    resign,    wliere    you    have    worked    so   faitli- 
fully,    zealously,  unselfishly    and    conscientiouslv    for 
the   advancement   of   medical   education,    and   accom- 
plished  so   much    in    giving    homeopathy   its   pro -er 
status   and   recognition,    not   only  among    the    other 
homeopathic    colleges,    but    among    the    colleges    of 
different  systems.     Is  it  not  true  that   students   from 
the   University   are   admitted   to   Allopathic   Colleges 
and  classed   in    the   same   grade?       Surely  you  must 
feel  proud  that  your  work  has  been  so  blessed,  and  we. 
as  alumni,  rejoice  at  the  advanced  position  which  our 
Alma  Mater  now  holds  among  the  medical  colleges  of 
the  different  systems.     We  all  hope  that  you  may  be  in- 
duced to  return  to  college  work— you  are  too  young  and 
too  useful  to  retire  from  professional  duties,  especially 
since  you  have  not  yet  reached  the  zenith  of  your  renown. 
No  doubt  you  will  have  more  time  to  devote  to  the 
perfection   of  your   surgical    work,    wherebv  we  may 
in  the   future,   as  in  the  past,    be    benefited    by   vour 
valuable  counsels   and  rich   experiences.     As   one   of 
your  early  assistants,  I  have  always  felt  proud  of  my 
association  with  you,  and  so  must  all  of  your  students, 
the  major  number  having  attained   eminence  in  the 
profession.     I  have  read  with  pleasure  the  well-earned 
complimentary  resolution  from  the  Boards  of  Trustees 
and    Censors,     who     have    properly   estimated     your 
valuable  labors," 


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In  February,  1S0G,  thelvxecntive  Committee  of  the 
Huron  Street  Hospital  expressed  their  appreciation  of 
the  doctor's  services  rendered  the  Hospital  by  sending 
him  resolutions  rej;retting  his  resignation  from  all 
ofBces  of  the  Hospital,  stating  that  "  your  valuable  ser- 
vices will  be  missed,  and  that  your  long  connection 
with  the  Institution,  your  interest  in  it,  your  skill  and 
learning  had  much  to  do  with  its  success." 

M.   S.  B. 


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